A Glasgow club that was due to host Dapper Laughs says the event has been cancelled.

Campus Glasgow had organised a meet and greet for fans of comedian Daniel O'Reilly, who is behind controversial stand-up Dapper Laughs, to take place on April 2.

But they tweeted on Monday that the show had been axed. They gave no reason for the move.

They said: "Dapper Laughs, Thursday 2nd April has now been cancelled. New act to be announced."

 

It came after a petition set up to discourage Campus from staging the show gathered more than 700 signatures.

As we reported, Mr O'Reilly vowed to retire the character last year when footage emerged of him telling an audience member during a live show that she was "gagging for a rape".

But he told the Evening Times he was forced to make the decision because the media had "hounded" his family and created "hatred".

He added that he would never joke about rape because people in his life had been affected by it.

He said: "Last year when I decided to retire Dapper Laughs I was under pressure from my family because of the media in the UK.

"People were turning up at the front door of my mother's house, calling my step-mum and step-dad's work...turning up at my sister's kids schools and really sort of hounding us."

Dan said he was repeating what the audience member said to him, rather than condoning sex crime. He said he would never joke about sexual violence.

He said: "I've been affected by rape. It's something that's affected my life, people that I know, and I'd never ever take it out of context."

The comedian's ITV2 show On the Pull was axed after a petition attracted 68,000 signatures.

He brought back his Laughs persona when supporters got in touch.